Name: Hormothece Jao 1944

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. thêkê; N.L. fem. n. Hormothece

Gender: feminine (stem: Hormothec-)

Type species: Hormothece rupestris Jao 1944

Valid publication: Jao C-C. Studies on the fresh-water algae of China. XIII. New Myxophyceae from Kwangsi. Sinensia 1944; 15:75-90.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family "Cyanobacteriaceae". Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Cyanostylon Geitler 1928. Publication: Bourrelly P. Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome III: Les Algues bleues et rouges. Les Eugléniens, Peridiniens et Cryptomonadines. Boubée & Cie, Paris, 1970.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Hormotliece".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Hormothece banyolensis (Margalef 1946) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hormothece cylindrocellularis (Geitler 1933) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hormothece jaoi Ley 1947	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hormothece rupestris Jao 1944	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Hormothece starmuehlneri (Bourrelly 1984) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Aphanothecaceae (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986) Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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Record number: 6440